Nail pouch



NAIL POUCH Filed Aug.. 22, 1947 v JNVENTOR. 75m/W0? f Scar/e# mmm Patented Nov. 23,. 1948 tlliII'FEZD STATES PAT ENT 02E F IC E.-

l .zi-45ans NAIL POUCH' Edward J. Scarlett, Mmmenaonlu., Application August 22, 1947, Srial`No. 7702094' (ol. 1-4e.7)

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to improvements in nail pouches of the type adapted to be worn on the person and provided with slots through which the nail shanks may project so that they are held by their heads in a convenient position for use.

It is among the objects of the invention to provide a pouch of the type described suitable for containing a quantity of nails, screws, tacks, or similar nail-like articles, and from which a number of the nail-like articles will project in a manner in which they cannot injure the user, which will be adequately retained from displacement, and which may nevertheless be readily withdrawn in a position for convenient use upon the application of moderate force.

Devices of the type to which the invention relates have heretofore been provided with slots for stripping or turning the nails in the bottom or lower face thereof. Such constructions are dangerous in use, in that the user may receive an abdominal or leg injury upon bending forward or assuming a squatting position. The weight of the body of nails in the pouch overlying those in slots prevents them from slipping back into the bag so that the points of the nail-like articles are likely to penetrate the flesh of the user. Furthermore, when the nails which originally dropped into the slots at the bottom of the bag in such construction have been removed, it becomes difficult to re-distribute the nails so that a fresh supply projects through a number of slots.

The present invention seeks to obviate the difiiculties mentioned in the foregoing, and pro vides a construction in which there is little possibility that the operator may be injured, and

in which the nail-like articles may be more readily distributed or dispensed through the feeding slots.

The foregoing and other objects and features of the invention will be made fully apparent to those skilled in the art from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 shows in front elevation a nail pouch constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 shows a section taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows, on a greatly enlarged scale, a section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

In the drawings, the body of the pouch is shown as formed of a piece of pliable material II, such as heavy canvas or other materal which is durable and yet sufficiently pliable for the functions herein described. The body II provides a deep, relatively narrow receptacle, and has the upper end of the rear face thereof sewn, or otherwise secured, to a belt I2, so that the same may be worn as a carpenters apron. The front face of the body I I is reinforced by a member I3, which is of relatively heavy material as compared to the body or pouch pockets I I, and together with this piece forms a relatively stiff front wall of the pouch. The member I3 may, for example, be a relatively heavy sheet of rubber, which, while flexible, is less pliable than the piece Il, or it may be of sheet material cemented or otherwise secured to the inner surface of the front of the body I I.

The member II is provided with a plurality of elongated slots I4 arranged in horizontally-extending rows. Where the member I3 is of metal, the slots I4 are formed by cutting the member on straight lines, and deforming the material of member I3 on each side of the slots to form outwardly projecting lips I5. Where the member I3 is of rubber or similar material, the slots may be formed in a similar manner, or they may be formed by molding the member I3 in a manner to provide projecting lips I5. In either case, the heavy canvas material of which the piece II is formed provides a backing for the outer ends of the lips I5, such that when the shank of a nail, such as indicated at I6, passes outwardly through the funnel-like opening provided by the lips I5, the head of the nail will be held in the slot I4, but can be pulled on through upon the application of moderate force.

The pouch may be divided into two or more sections, each having separate covers I'I and I8, and the slots I4 of each section may differ in width from those other sections to accommodate nails or nail-like articles of different sizes and types.

In use, when a quantity of nails or the like are placed in the pouch, a number of them will fall so that their shanks project through the slots I4.

In this position they may be readily withdrawn for use, and as these are withdrawn, more of the nails may be distributed to the slots by an upward thrust on the lower portion and back of the pouch, thus distributing the nails or similar articles over the slots.

While there has been herein described a preferred embodiment of the invention, other embodiments within the scope of the appended claims will be apparent to those skilled in the art material providing a receptacle having a frontl face which is relatively stiff as compared to said pliable body, said face having a plurality of elongated slots for receiving the pointed endsof naillike articles, said slots having exible lips for rep taining said nail-like articles by the heads thereof and yieldable on the application of a moderate force to release said articles.

3. A nail pouch comprising a body of pliable material providing a receptacle, a reinforcing member of relatively stiff material as compared to said pliable body secured to the inner surface of the front side of said body, and providing a relatively stiff front Wall, said wall having a plurality of elongated slots for receiving the pointed ends of nail-like articles, said slots having exible lips for retaining said nail-like arti-cles by the heads thereof and yieldable on the application of a moderate force to release said articles.

EDWARD J. SCARLETT.

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